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Neha Chhikara, 23, was Thursday reported missing by her husband while they were cruising on Royal Caribbean's Monarch of the Seas from Nassau to CocoCay.

Security cameras showed Neha Chhikara jump overboard from the 11th deck, early Thursady morning.

Monarch of the Seas is on a 5 day Bahamas cruise and will return to Port Canaveral Saturday.

The Silver Spirit was delivered to Silversea Cruises in a ceremony at the Ancona shipyard on Saturday, Dec. 12.  Present were the Chairman of Silversea Cruises Manfredi Lefebvre d’Ovidio, while Fincantieri was represented by the Chairman, Corrado Antonini, and the Chief Executive Officer Giuseppe Bono.

At 36,000 tons and 195 meters long, the Silver Spirit is the largest vessel in the Silversea fleet. There are eight decks, and the ship has a cruising speed of 20.3 knots.... Read More

 SEOUL—Investors led by a U.S. firm placed an order with a South Korean shipbuilder for a $1.1 billion ship conceived as a floating luxury residence that will cruise the world visiting events like the Cannes Film Festival, the Sydney New Year's Eve celebration and Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.

The order, announced last week by Utopia Residences Co. of Beverly Hills, Calif., marks the first time a cruise ship will be built by Samsung Heavy Industries Co., the world's second... Read More

Carnival Cruise Lines’ 130,000-ton Carnival Dream, the line’s newest and largest “Fun Ship,” will depart on its inaugural cruise from Port Canaveral, Fla., kicking off its year-round Caribbean cruise schedule from that port.

Carnival Dream’s inaugural departure from Port Canaveral – a nine-day cruise to Antigua, Tortola/Virgin Gorda, St. Thomas/St. John, San Juan and Grand Turk – will be followed by the launch of year-round seven-day cruise... Read More

Carnival Corporation & plc has reached an agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to construct a 130,000-ton cruise ship for its Carnival Cruise Lines brand, scheduled to enter service in spring 2012.

 To be built at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone yard under a U.S. dollar denominated contract, the all-in cost of the vessel is approximately $200,000 per lower berth.

The new 3,690-passenger vessel will offer many of the same innovations featured on the rece... Read More